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What They Say The Economist looked at 22 emerging technologies that could see significant developments in 2022. Only two are significant for displays, the first being the possible development of VR headsets for exercise and the second ‘The Metaverse’. What We Think I have to disagree with the Economist. I can’t say that I enjoy … Read more
The Innovation Zone at Display Week is now taking applications. The I-Zone, a showcase for never-before-seen display technology, is entering its eleventh year. Over the past decade, I-Zone has become one of the most important events at Display Week, the Society for Information Display’s (SID’s) International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition. Display Week 2022 is scheduled … Read more
New research has revealed the most successful game consoles of all time, with the Nintendo Switch topping the list. Analysis conducted by online delivery experts NextDayDelivery.co.uk studied sales data for game consoles over time and found that the Nintendo Switch is the most successful game console ever. Released in 2017, the Switch has sold over … Read more
Delivering immersive experiences that blurs the lines between the physical and virtual, the new XR stage from South Korea’s NP studio offers a technologically advanced content production environment that meets the expectations of even the most demanding of NP’s clients. Working in close collaboration with ARK Ventures Inc South Korea, the studio’s impressive equipment inventory … Read more
What They Say EINNews quoted Counterpoint Research data on weekly sales of smartphones in the US which highlighted that 12% of Samsung’s total smartphone sales came from foldable smartphones. That is up from 0.6% of sales in 2020 when the Galaxy Z Fold 2 was launched. The research also highlighted that Samsung Electronics’ smartphone sales … Read more
What They Say A writer on a fatherhood blog has made a case for allowing children to enjoy screen time partly on the basis that with the rapid rate of development in the world economy, many of the jobs of the future don’t yet exist and that playing creative games in the Metaverse may be … Read more
What They Say Niantic, the firm behind the Pokémon Go phenomenon, and a spin-out from Google in 2010, has launched a new development kit for AR. Although executives of the firm have spoken negatively about the Meta concept of the Metaverse, the Verge thinks it is heading towards something similar with its “lightship augmented reality … Read more
Kopin Corporation, a leading provider of high resolution microdisplays for Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR), today announced it has received an approximately $2.8 million follow-on order of its high-brightness liquid crystal display for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. With the F-35 scheduled for production through 2030, Kopin expects additional orders over the … Read more
On October 29 in a conference room on New York City’s Park Avenue, eMagin Corp. (Hopewell Junction, New York) demonstrated the world’s first full-color OLED microdisplay with a luminance greater than 10,000 cd/m² (Fig. 1) to a small group of journalists and analysts. Several European analysts participated via Zoom. Fig. 1 The 10,000-nit display viewed … Read more
What They Say Invidis reports that ITZ, a distributor that is owned by Bechtle, a leading European IT reseller, has signed up with Hisense to sell the firm’s B2B and digital signage display products in Germany, the first company in the country to do that. Hisense’s European operation is based in Munich, Germany and includes … Read more
What They Say Vizio released its Q3 result and it highlighted that the firm made a gross profit of $57.3 million from its subscription and advertising services, compared to just $25.6 million on its sales of TV sets, which were down from 2.1 million last year to 1.6 million this time. It’s GP %age on … Read more
What They Say We reported recently on problems for third party repairers after failures with Face ID after the change of displays (iFixit confirms iPhone 13 disables Face ID after third-party screen repair). However Apple told ‘The Verge’ that it will make a software update that means that Face ID can continue to operate, without … Read more
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